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	In the last lesson we've learned the following sentence:
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	It would sound more natural if we'd use the words <strong>too much</strong> instead of <strong>a lot</strong> here.
	We can do this in Japanese by adding the verb <strong><ruby>過suぎる</ruby></strong> to the stem of the verb.
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	Note also how we used the loanword <strong>アルコオル</strong> here instead of <strong>お酒</strong>,
	which is less ambiguous than <strong>お酒</strong>, as <strong>お酒</strong> is also used to refer to rice wine in particular.
</p>

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	You can also use <strong><ruby>過suぎる</ruby></strong> in combination with <strong>い-adjectives</strong> and <strong>な-adjectives</strong>,
	by simply replacing the <strong>-い</strong> or <strong>-な</strong> ending with the verb <strong><ruby>過suぎる</ruby></strong>.
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Telling it's too much with すぎる

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	In an earlier lesson, you've learned the following sentence.
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	You can ask people to refrain from doing something in a friendlier way by using the plain form which ends in <strong>ない</strong>,
	and follow it with <strong>でください</strong>.
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Negative requests with the plain form + でください

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

adjectival noun

adverbial phrase

adjectival phrase

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

Question	Answer
to exceed; to pass	過すぎるsugiru
alcohol	アルコールarukooru
Please don't drink too much alcohol.	アルコール　を　飲のみ過すぎないで　ください。arukooru wo nomisuginaide kudasai.
sugar	砂さ糖とうsatou
(You) eat too much sugar.	砂さ糖とう　を　食たべ過すぎる。satou wo tabesugiru.
fat	太ふといhutoi
to be due to; to be caused by	よるyoru
according to	に　よる　とni yoru to
According to the doctor, (I)'m too fat.	医い者しゃ　に　よる　と　太ふとすぎます。isya ni yoru to hutosugimasu.
test	テストtesuto
easy, simple	簡かん単たんkantan
The test was too easy.	テスト　は　簡かん単たんすぎた。tesuto ha kantansugita.

Japanese 213 - Telling it's too much with すぎる

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